HOW TO UPLOAD LEARNING MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
Log in to your LMS account. https://portal.bihc.ac.ke/moodle
On your dashboard, you will find all your assigned units. (For any additional or new units you need access to, kindly write to the ICT office to be granted access)
Click on the unit. (Example Test Course)
Click on the "Turn Editing On" button to make any changes to the unit profile.
There are 2 sections.
The first section is where you can have an introductory note (the first edit button highlighted) or announcements (the second edit button highlighted). To edit this part, click on the Edit button as highlighted in red.
This is where you can have your introductory note.We provide a generic introductory note but you can also customise it to your liking. Then click on the Save button at the bottom of the page once you are done editing.
The second section is where you upload all the learning materials. That is the course introduction, course outlines and the notes.
To edit your topic name, click on the Edit button or the pen icon next to the topic name.
To add a document or activity click on the “Add an activity or resource” button.
You can also customise how the students can see the content. That is the appearance (option to add a progress bar/display menu), availability (select dates to have the materials visible to the student) and many other settings.
Repeat the same process for all the other topics.
You can add more topics by clicking on the Add topics button and also re-arrange your topics based on your preferred order by clicking on the two highlighted buttons on the left.
Types of Resources/Activities
There are different file formats that you can upload. That is, in URL (make sure you share the access rights correctly when using this option), a book, a file, a lesson structure, an assignment, a quiz and even a forum.
On this guide, we will go through the following options:
File
Files are not just materials such as word-processed documents or slideshow presentations. All types of files can be uploaded and accessed through LMS.
A picture, a PDF document, a spreadsheet, a sound file, a video file.
Files may be added in two ways: They may be dragged and dropped directly onto the course page as shown below:
Alternatively, they may be added by clicking File from the activity chooser.
Give it a name and, if required, a description, checking the box if you want the description displayed on the course page, select the file from your computer and click save.
Folder
The folder allows you to display several course files together.
The files may be of different types and they may be uploaded in one go, as a zipped folder which is then unzipped, or they may be added one at a time to an empty folder on the course page.
On the activity chooser, select the folder option.
Type in the name of the folder and the description.
In Content, upload the files you want to display in the folder and then save.
Decide how you want the folder contents to display, and whether you want to include a Download button so students may download the files as a zipped folder for viewing offline.
Lesson
The Lesson activity allows teachers to create 'branching' exercises where students are presented with content and then, depending on their responses, are directed to specific pages. The content may be text or multimedia.
To create a lesson in LMS:
In a course, with Edit mode enabled, choose 'Lesson' from the activity chooser.
Give it a name and, if required, a description. (Remember this description will display on every page of the Lesson.)
Other settings you can have as show below:
Click Save and Display and add your first page.
This will usually be a Content page (where you add information) or a Question page (where you can select a question type.)
Click Add a content page to add the lessons.
Type in the Page title and add the notes in the page contents box.
Content 1: This is where you create page jumps. In this case the next lesson will be Computer Network Types. (This is a requirement).
Make sure the 'Jumps' take you to the next page (if you want.) 'Jumps' direct the student to where they should go next.
Once you have made all your pages, return and edit each Jump so it shows the correct page name.
Save all the changes made in the content page.
When you have saved your first page, continue adding pages from the Collapsed tab > Actions menu.
URL
A URL (Uniform or Universal Resource Locator) is a link on the internet to a website or online file.
Teachers can use the URL resource to provide their students with web links for research, saving the student time and effort in manually typing out the address.
In a course, with the editing turned on, choose URL from the activity chooser and give it a helpful name.
In External URL, type the web address of the site you want to link to, or click the Choose a link button to access other options. Include the full https:// at the start. Once everything is set, click on the save button.
As for sharing a document using the URL (Google Docs for example), make sure you share the access rights correctly.
